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DC Policy Center FEDERAL CITY COUNCIL CATALYSTfederalcitycouncil.org | 2017 Spring/Summer D.C. Policy Center: Demographics Shape Urban Landscape Metro Reform Gaining Traction Chancellor Wilson Aims to Achieve Table of Contents Letter from the CEO and Executive Director Dear Friends, Washington, D.C., is experiencing a period of dramatic transformation today that could have profound effects on the “I think the future is quite District in the future. Times like these call for the Federal City Council (FC2) and other community organizations to step bright in the District as up and to provide vital civic leadership. long as we have good FC2’s reputation for developing pioneering initiatives means it is leadership.” well placed to offer leadership. We are focused on addressing FC2’s reputation for developing current District concerns and ever mindful of a future that will require D.C. to be more dynamic, resilient and competitive. pioneering initiatives means it is TONYTalks with Alice Rivlin p. 6 well placed to offer leadership. In this Spring/Summer 2017 edition of Catalyst, we are pleased to share details about one of the FC2’s initiatives we believe will We are focused on addressing be integral to our city’s future: the D.C. Policy Center, a non- partisan, action-oriented think tank committed to advancing current District concerns and policies for a strong and vibrant District economy. ever mindful of a future that will The D.C. Policy Center, which launched in February 2017, will require D.C. to be more dynamic, inform local and regional policymaking by offering trusted data and analyses on the District’s economy and demography. Data- resilient and competitive. based tools and feedback will allow government leaders to determine if their incremental and substantive policies will lead to better performance and competitiveness. Another important issue you’ll find in this edition of Catalyst is a story about Metro. We take a closer look at the FC2’s proposal to put Metro into the hands of a reform board to ensure its long-term viability. As a city, we know what an effective control board can do to rebuild public confidence and trust, and we hope the same can be done for Metro. We invite you to read our latest TONYTalks, which features a lively conversation with FC2 Trustee and friend Alice Rivlin. A respected leader, Alice has played central roles in the Executive Branch, as well as serving as the Founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board and Chairman of the District of Columbia Financial Management Assistance Authority. The measure of our activities, many of which are included in this edition of Catalyst, has been their quantifiable impact on the District and its residents. As we speed into 2017, the work and leadership of the FC2 remains as vital today as ever to the District and the region. “Metro is effectively in the “I think the D.C. Policy “We need to make sure that Sincerely, middle of a death spiral. Center is really a national schools are places where We have a system that’s an model for how local business students can see themselves.” orphan, essentially.” groups can look at what are Chancellor Wilson p. 8 Anthony A. Williams Metro p. 2 established data and answer the questions of the day.” D.C. Policy Center p. 4 COVER: Photograph by Ted Eytan TABLE OF CONTENTS: Photograph by Ted Eytan federalcitycouncil.org | 1 WMATA At the FC2 Winter Board Meeting in February 2017, “The bottom line for us is we cannot sustain where CONTROL BOARD Mayor Muriel Bowser told the attending trustees we are without a functioning Metro,” says Bowser that the District stands ready to do what is of the District’s economy. “The District is going to at the Top of Regional Agenda needed to keep Metro open, but she pointed out be very involved in driving the conversation around that Maryland and Virginia would need to be funding and the safety commission, but at the end The loss of revenue and ridership, and the failure legislation would call for an amended WMATA involved if there is to be successful action at of the day Maryland and Virginia have got to pony of local jurisdictions to address Metro’s ongoing Compact, which would create a smaller, more the signatory level. up. There’s no way around it.” ■ problems, has compelled the Federal City Council effective governing body, embed efficiency and (FC2) to call for the appointment of an interim innovation into system operations and provide control board to oversee Metro operations. for predictable and reliable funding. Legislation being developed and offered by U.S. Reps. Barbara The FC2’s insistence on the five-member control Comstock, R-Va., and John Delaney, D-Md., contain Infrastructure DC Update: The Langston Initiative board for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit some principles that are consistent with the FC2’s Authority (WMATA) is a response to the ongoing proposal. Redevelopment of the three popular National Executive Director. “We want to make an decline of Metro and the threat of a failing Metro Park Service (NPS) golf courses in the District immediate impact on all of the courses at once. poses to the region’s mobility and economy. “Given the urgency of the situation and the of Columbia is believed to be imminent, thanks Rebuilding the sand traps, re-seeding sections, demonstrated lack of coordinated leadership, it to a draft Letter of Intent (LOI) between the NPS trimming back trees and making modest “Metro is effectively in the middle of a death is reasonable to assume that true reform will not and Infrastructure DC (IDC). IDC is the Federal improvements to greens, turf and irrigation spiral,” said FC2 Deputy Executive Director Emeka take place without an interim control entity to City Council’s (FC2) independent nonprofit that systems.” Moneme, noting that the interim entity could govern Metro, safeguard its finances and get it will deliver sustainable, performance-based govern Metro, safeguard its finances and get it back on track,” says Anthony Williams, FC2 CEO infrastructure projects. Simultaneously, IDC and its partners are back on track. “We have a system that’s an and Executive Director. “With so much at stake, we working with the District government to plan orphan, effectively.” believe that immediate action is needed and we The LOI encompasses multiple NPS facilities: a long-term investment strategy to complete must thoughtfully pursue this option.” the historic Langston Golf Course, the Rock a full renovation of the facilities, including the The control board would take over the duties of the Creek Golf Course and the East Potomac Park redesign of greens, tees, fairways and bunkers, 16-member WMATA board in an effort to remedy Moneme says the advantages of the control board Golf Course (Haines Point), as well as the tennis new irrigation systems and improved amenities. the system’s failures, while also ensuring that are its singular focus on the stewardship of Metro facilities at East Potomac. This work will dramatically improve the quality federal and local subsidies continue unabated. The and the confidence it would engender in local of the courses and elevate their standing board would be similar to the entity that oversaw jurisdictions and Congress. The board would have With its partners, IDC has begun the process as recreational assets in the District. At the the District in the late 1990s. the authority to pursue the restructuring of Metro of negotiating a lease that will allow it to make same time, IDC and its partners will work with operations, better align labor and management short-term improvements to the courses. community members in the Carver-Langston The FC2’s petition has gained traction among around increased productivity and other actions “In the short term, the work will be very neighborhood to foster positive and equitable regional leaders who believe that a control board that lead to a more sustainable Metro. tactical,” says Emeka Moneme, FC2 Deputy economic, educational and health outcomes. ■ may be established through legislation. The 2 | Catalyst | 2017 Spring/Summer Photograph by Larry Levine federalcitycouncil.org | 3 A Decade of Demographic Change in D.C. D.C.Thinking POLICY Broadly About CENTER By D.C. Policy Center Fellow Kate Rabinowitz the District and the Region Adeptly analyzing the urban landscape, especially our city,” notes the initial piece that introduces the one as complex as the District of Columbia, can D.C. Policy Center to the public. “We must pay more help produce data-driven insights and intellectually attention to our position within the metro region. rigorous policy prescriptions to address the city’s We are administratively separate, but when it comes thorniest problems. to jobs and people, we are deeply connected to our broader economic unit.” The D.C. Policy Center, the latest initiative from the Federal City Council (FC2), is committed to The region has considerable strengths, according the task. It will use data to study every feature of to the D.C. Policy Center’s research. They include: its the District, from its economic performance to its growing economy; its numerous high-skilled workers demographic diversity to the contours of its distinct (on par with the San Francisco Bay area) that are neighborhoods. spread throughout the region; and residential Source: U.S. Census employment that is growing faster than the jobs “I think the D.C. Policy Center is really a national available. The District’s economic base is also more model for how local business groups can look at expandable than its limited geography would what are established data and relevant benchmarks suggest, and population growth has been among the and answer the questions of the day,” says Anthony strongest in the nation, lifting incomes and demand Williams, FC2 CEO and Executive Director.
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